Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 330

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330. (1) Usufruct may be constituted either by law or by the will of man; in the latter case, if the usufruct refers to immo vable property, it may not be constitut ed except by a public deed, an d, if constituted by a deed inter vivos , it shall not be operative with regard to third parties except from the time when the deed is registered in the Public Registry upon the demand of any of the interested parties or of the notary before whom the deed was executed. Cap. 56. (2) The note for the registration of the deed shall contain the designation of the parties as sp ecified therein, the date and n ature of the deed, and an indication of the thing to which the deed r efers in accordance with the provisions of the Public Registry Act , and it shall be signed by the notary be fore whom the deed was executed . Usufruct may be constituted conditionally, for a specified time or in favour of two or more particular persons.

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